Myra Breckinridge (1970)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:6
Rotten:15
Average Rating:4.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: MYRA BRECKENRIDGE may be the first punk manifesto, a celebration of pop culture nihilism. A precursor to films by directors like David Lynch, and perhaps influenced by those of avant-garde Italian... [More]
Starring: Mae West, Raquel Welch, John Huston, Roger Herren
Director: Michael Sarne
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Reviews for Myra Breckinridge
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If you truly analyze this, it's a very bisexual scene, and it's a classic, and I was told by a film buff friend that it was considered an A-list movie at the time. Full Review |
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One might appreciate Anthology's all-new print -- with its epic sets and costumes, slumming icons, and unfocused meta-ambitions -- as the queer precursor to Southland Tales. Full Review |
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1/4 |
Extravagantly tasteless, surprisingly inept filming of Gore Vidal's briefly notorious novel. Full Review |
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The film version of Gore Vidal's Hollywood-themed transsexual satire starts off promisingly, but after a couple of reels plunges straight downhill under the weight of artless direction. Full Review |
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As an adaptation of Gore Vidal's novel, this is a major travesty. Full Review |
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1/5 |
With so much raw comedic potential and a cast any director would be happy to get a hold of, Sarne somehow manages to direct it all into one aimless, inept and leering aberration. Full Review |
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2/5 |
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2/5 |
Outrageous casting & laughs do not a good satire make.
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2/4 |
There's a good movie in all this garbage. Full Review |
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Loaded with pop references and clips from old movies, it's like a bizarre comic precursor to 'The Dreamers'... Full Review |
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4.5/5 |
Yes, it's bad, but you quickly get beyond its badness. It's hypnotically awful. It's audaciously dreadful. Full Review |
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4/10 |
...it's hard to imagine how a film could be any worse, yet Myra has a silly, chaotic, almost endearing quality about it that proclaims its own innocence. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
The film and its purported message are just like the monster between Welch’s legs: A big fat fake. Full Review |
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The Citizen Kane of chaotic trash, this is car crash cinema at its most compelling. Full Review |
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3/5 |
An unalloyed disaster, but too fascinating to ignore
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Raquel Welch's big chance is snatched away by Sarne's careless and unprofessional direction, and Rex Reed's self-parody is much too pat and easy. Full Review |
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